Richard Dillane
Biography
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 2012 political thriller Argo, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.
Filmography
Murder at the Embassy
2025
as Robert
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Colonel Menzies
The Show
2021
as Henry Gaunt
The Forgotten Battle
2021
as Sinclair
The Last Vermeer
2019
as Colonel Jenkins
Mother's Day
2018
as Dr Tarring
Against the Law
2017
as Prosecutor Roberts
Altar
2014
as Greg
United Passions
2014
as Larsen
Anna
2013
as Robert Greene
Dead in Tombstone
2013
as Jack Sutter
Argo
2012
as OSS Officer Nicholls
The Dinosaur Project
2012
as Marchant
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Merv Humphreys
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Roger
The Dark Knight
2008
as Acting Commissioner
The Edge of Love
2008
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
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Interview with a Poltergeist
2007
as Narrator
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One Hundredth of a Second
2006
as Connor
The Real Sopranos
2006
as Narrator
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Aragon
The Jacket
2005
as Captain Medley
Space Race
2005
as Werner Von Braun
De-Lovely
2004
as Bill Wrather